DevOps

Author, investor, speaker, and advisor Tom Taulli joins The Modern Mainframe to discuss his new book, "Modern Mainframe Development: COBOL, Databases and Next-Generation Approaches," why mainframe development is a promising career opportunity, the impact and future of the platform, and more.

It's a can't-miss episode for those entering the IT workforce, considering a career change, or looking to build or strengthen a development team.

Links:
Tom Taulli on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomtaulli/
On Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttaulli

Tom's PluralSight.com COBOL courses:
https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/cobol-big-picture/table-of-contents
https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/murachs-mainframe-cobol

The 2023 BMC Mainframe Survey: https://www.bmc.com/forms/mainframe-survey-results.html

Podcast: The Mainframe on Campus with Dr. Cameron Seay - https://soundcloud.com/modernmainframe/the-mainframe-on-campus-with-dr-cameron-seay

Blog: Awareness, Relatability Key to Drawing Students to the Mainframe - https://www.bmc.com/blogs/awareness-relatability-key-to-drawing-students-to-the-mainframe/

The Modern Mainframe

A Discussion of Modern Mainframe Development with Tom Taulli

The authors of the BMC E-book "Ten Steps to True Mainframe Agility" discuss crucial steps along the path to agility. BMC Lead Product Manager Mark Schettenhelm, DevOps Architect and Evangelist Tony Anter, Solutions Architect Frank Rhodes, and Senior Product Manager Kevin Corbett discuss the importance of agile development and DevOps and share their own experiences in implementing these practices.

Links:
E-book: Ten Steps to True Mainframe Agility - https://www.bmc.com/forms/ten-steps-to-true-mainframe-agility-ebook.html

On-Demand Webinar: Ten Steps to Mainframe Agility - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89lRnAyrvFo

Podcast: Building a Better Software Delivery Platform, Chapter 5 - Source Control for Agile Software Delivery I - https://soundcloud.com/modernmainframe/chapter-5-source-control-for-agile-software-delivery-i?in=modernmainframe/sets/building-a-better-software-delivery-platform

Podcast: Building a Better Software Delivery Platform, Chapter 11 – Test Data Management - https://soundcloud.com/modernmainframe/chapter-11-modern-testing-data-management?in=modernmainframe/sets/building-a-better-software-delivery-platform

Ten Steps to True Mainframe Agility

Intellyx analyst and managing partner Jason Bloomberg joins BMC DevOps Architect Tony Anter and Lead Product Manager Mark Schettenhelm for a discussion of the modern mainframe developer experience (DevX), it’s impact on developers and their organizations, recent trends, and more.

Links:
Intellyx White Paper: Mainstreaming the Modern Mainframe Developer Experience - https://www.bmc.com/forms/mainstream-the-modern-mainframe-developer-experience-white-paper.html

Blog Post: Are You Ready for the DevX-Factor? Focus on Developer Experience - https://www.bmc.com/blogs/mainframe-developer-experience-bmc-ami-devx/

Podcast: The Modern Developer Experience, Part 1 - https://soundcloud.com/modernmainframe/mainframe-developer-experience-part-one

Podcast: The Modern Developer Experience, Part 2 - https://soundcloud.com/modernmainframe/the-modern-developer-experience-part-two

DevX - Mainframe Developer Experience

Mainstreaming the Modern Mainframe DevX

BMC Vice President of Research and Development David Jeffries joins BMC Lead Product Manager Spencer Hallman and DevOps Evangelist Tony Anter for a lively discussion of continuous improvement in software development, the metrics that help drive it, and how technologies like artificial intelligence and GPT can provide valuable new insights.

Links:

E-book: DORA Metrics for Mainframe DevOps - https://www.bmc.com/forms/dora-metrics-for-mainframe-devops-ebook.html

E-book: Charting Your Mainframe DevOps KPIs for Continuous Improvement - https://www.bmc.com/forms/charting-mainframe-devops-kpi-ebook.html

Podcast: DORA Metrics for Mainframe DevOps - https://soundcloud.com/modernmainframe/dora-metrics-for-mainframe-devops

BMC AMI DevX zAdviser - https://www.bmc.com/it-solutions/bmc-ami-zadviser.html

Mainframe AppDev Metrics: The Drive for Continuous Improvement

BMC Director of Software Consulting Tim Ceradsky, DevOps Evangelist Tony Anter, and Lead Product Manager Mark Schettenhelm discuss why large mainframe applications need to be refactored, why now is the time to start the process, and how BMC AMI DevX Code Insights can help.

Links:

BMC AMI DevX Code Insights Page - https://www.bmc.com/it-solutions/bmc-ami-devx-code-insights.html

Refactoring Monolithic Mainframe Code

BMC Senior Product Manager Rita Ankatha and Lead Product Manager Mark Schettenhelm discuss changes they’ve seen in the process and tooling of mainframe development and why a modern approach is the right one.

DevX - Mainframe Developer Experienec

It's Not the 1980s, So Why Develop That Way?

Intellyx Director and Principal Analyst Jason English, BMC Vice President of R&D David Jeffries, BMC R&D Solutions Architect Anthony Distauro, and BMC Lead Product Manager Mark Schettenhelm discuss the role generative AI is already playing in mainframe DevOps and what’s in store for the future, including how GenAI can help streamline onboarding of new developers and assist in code comprehension, how BMC is utilizing GenAI in its mainframe solutions, and more.

Links:

Blog: Generative AI in Mainframe Development: Revolutionizing Code Explanation and Documentation, by Anthony DiStauro - https://www.bmc.com/blogs/genai-mainframe-development-code-explanation-documentation/

Blog: Leveraging Generative AI in Mainframe DevOps, by David Jeffries - https://www.bmc.com/blogs/leveraging-generative-ai-mainframe-devops/

Blog: AI-Generated Mainframe Development Insights, by April Hickel - https://www.bmc.com/blogs/ai-generated-mainframe-development-insights/

Generative AI and the Mainframe Developer Experience

Defining DevOps isn't easy, which is why we had Gene Kim join us to talk about it. Gene is one of the leading voices in DevOps, regularly contributing invaluable research and thought leadership through his company, IT Revolution, that is helping organizations transform. He also leads DevOps Enterprise Summit and wrote The Phoenix Project, a novel about IT, DevOps and helping your business succeed.

Links:

IT Revolution: https://itrevolution.com/
The Phoenix Project: https://itrevolution.com/book/the-phoenix-project/
Fireside Chat with Compuware CEO Chris O'Malley: https://youtu.be/r3H1E2lY_ig
Project to Product: How Value Stream Networks Will Transform IT & Business - Mik Kersten: https://youtu.be/E5VP3ioSRU8

What Is DevOps? with Gene Kim

Tune in for lively, insightful discussion of topics important to the mainframe community, from DevOps to security and staffing. 2020 & 2024 winner of the DevOps Dozen Award for Best DevOps-Related Podcast Series.

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